BATON ROUGE - A man accused of murdering an East Baton Rouge Parish Schools employee in 2024 is set to go before a judge later this year to determine whether he is fit to face trial, court records indicate.

On Sept. 29, Jaymie Thomas is set to go before a judge for a sanity hearing to determine if he is competent to stand trial for the killing of EBR Parish School System employee Marcus Spears.

Thomas, 19, was arrested in October 2024 after Spears' body was found off Alexander Avenue.

Spears' body was missing for multiple days before Thomas was arrested on a second-degree murder charge.